Occurrence and nature of " bottom simulating reflectors" in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-40

  Shedd, William ^a   Boswell, Ray ^c   Frye, Matthew ^b   Godfriaux, Paul ^a   Kramer, Kody ^a  

^a US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management   (United States)

^b US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom simulating reflectors; Gas hydrates; Gulf of Mexico; Seafloor anomalies

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE ANOMALIES; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLUID FLUXES; GAS FLUX; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRATE STABILITIES; MIGRATION PATHWAY; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR BATHYMETRY; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC EVENT; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; SUBSURFACE INTERPRETATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

HYDRATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GAS HYDRATES;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; HEAT FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84861468123     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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